¶ Our Mayday General Guidance
The Thing We Are Here To Achieve: Our Goal: President Trump’s Impeachment and Removal.
¶ How We Will Achieve Our Goal:
We will lobby and educate congressional members and staffs.
We will raise awareness and educate the community at large.
We will create art.
We will do all this in-real-life and virtually. IRL we will establish Camp Mayday, a protest camp within sight of the Capitol on the National Mall starting May 1st. This will serve as our base for our operations in Washington DC. Our virtual work will allow anyone from anywhere to participate and let their voice be heard.
We will abide by a commitment to non-violence.
¶ Our Priorities:
Safety of Camp Mayday participants and the public
A legislature that supports the Constitution
A public that understands the stakes
Art that speaks to the soul
¶ Limitations & Constraints:
This will be a permitted event.
There is no sleeping on the National Mall or in public spaces in the federal core.
We will focus on our panel of the National Mall. We control the pad and can influence surrounding panels.
We shall be advised by legal counsel.
Other protest efforts will be taking place in Washington DC at the same time.
We are committed to non-violence and the right to free speech.
Long-term protest events require leaning into multi-disciplinary mutual aid.
The President has made violent, physical, and legal threats against protesters who utilize their First Amendment rights.
¶ Key Decisions:
Our goal is "President Trump’s impeachment and removal." There are many ways to say the goal, and many ways to share the goal.
The purpose, the mission, and the work of Camp Mayday is to conduct protest operations in the three branches of congressional ops, community ops, and art response.
We will use a facilitated, proven planning methodology to drive weekly action.
We will use a proven, defined community structure-for-action to place volunteers and ensure all critical tasks are being completed.
We will remain an unincorporated association and utilize a Political Action Committee for funding our efforts.
We are committed to acting in a non-violent manner.
We believe art is best created by people as it is a window into the soul. We will not use or encourage AI-created works.
We will abide by the "Superintendent's Compendium for the National Mall and Memorial Parks" dated November 18, 2024 as last updated on December 5, 2024, published online at https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/management/superintendent-s-compendium.htm, and accessed 22 March 2025.
We will encourage other people and organizations to seek permits for panels on the Mall to conduct their own protest operations.
The only PII we will collect or ask for is
(1) a first name and initial,
(2) preferred pronouns
(3) Signal ID with checksum
(4) Proton email address
(5) Discord display name used on our server -- unless by law we are required to collect and maintain additional PII.
Every section, branch, group, or team lead shall maintain a list of digital assets used with their credentials. For community continuity, every list shall be shared with the Special Staff Lead or their designee to the Initiative Coordinator. Details on this will be forthcoming.
¶ Actions for Everyone to Complete:
On the social media platforms you already have a presence, follow and like the Mayday Movement USA accounts. Repost Mayday content daily.
Contact your elected federal representatives. Do it daily. Phone call preferred, but that may not be your preference. Do what works for you, but make those contacts daily. Always use the words "impeach" and "remove" along with whatever other messages you're delivering.
Every day, tell three people about the movement. Ask them to share with three people.
¶ Our Advisory Board
¶ Jon Kiper
Jon Kiper, born December 22, 1982, in Stratham, New Hampshire, is an artist, author, entrepreneur, and political figure known for his creative and civic contributions to the Granite State. A graduate of Exeter High School, he studied audio engineering in Australia before releasing two independent albums and authoring both a children’s book and a true-crime novel. He owns and operates Jonny Boston’s International in Newmarket and has served on the town council and zoning board, while also founding nonprofits supporting local arts and history. In 2024, he ran a grassroots campaign for Governor of New Hampshire in the Democratic primary, earning nearly 10% of the vote and winning in his hometown. Kiper continues to advocate for housing reform and working-class representation, and lives in Newmarket, NH.
¶ Jim Hedger
Jim Hedger is a Canadian writer, speaker, search engine expert, and business owner. A lifelong social, environmental, and political activist, Jim is a member of Canada's New Democratic Party and the Ontario New Democratic Party in which he serves as a representative to the party's Provincial Council. He is involved in the Mayday movement because he feels a responsibility to help his American neighbours stand against the rise of authoritarianism and isolationism in the United States. He offers decades of activist experience and a level-headed "outsider's" point of view to the movement. Jim lives and works in Canada and is saddened by the thought he might not be able to safely cross the border again.
¶ Brad deGraf
Brad deGraf has forty years experience in the design and development of state of the art software, from military training systems to high-end computer animation to internet-powered social software. From 1980 to 2000, Brad was an acknowledged pioneer in computer animation in the entertainment industry. From 2009 to 2016, Brad was co-founder and CEO of Sociative, best-of-breed in social news, acquired by education technology company Cornerstone OnDemand in 2017. Since then, he has focused on societal-scale collective coordination using social graphs. Prior to his computer career, he studied sculpture and architecture at Princeton, earned a BA in Mathematics from UC San Diego, and spent five years building custom furniture.
¶ Lunell Haught, Ph. D.
Lunell is a Certified Management Consultant and teaches in Gonzaga University’s Doctoral and Masters Programs in Leadership. She has led Roundtables for CEOs of both profit and non-profit organizations. Her emphasis is on organizational change, multi-agency collaboration, and conflict management. As a platform speaker, facilitator, and trainer she has worked throughout the US, in Canada, Japan, and Spain. She has published popular articles on leadership, management, change, resistance, and careers. She was an evaluator for Washington’s prestigious Baldridge Performance Excellence Award.
She has been a grant evaluator for the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office’s Rivers and Trails grant program, She has chaired successful citizen’s advisory tax votes and facilitated the writing and adoption of Ordinances for Spokane County.
She is President Emeritus of the League of Women Voters of Washington and led both the educational and advocacy corporations. During this time she co-led a four-year research project on the League’s organizational change focusing on impact, networks and capacity. She is currently co-leading a study of the State of Democracy in Washington. She is a member of the Washington Coalition for Open Government.
¶ Our Code of Conduct for Mayday Participants
All interactions should be guided by the Mayday Movement USA's core goal: the impeachment, conviction, and removal of President Donald J. Trump. We will do this by supporting our Three Pillars
1. Congressional Lobbying & Outreach: Encourage communication with and pressure on members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to pursue impeachment and conviction.
2. Community Education & Outreach: Engage with the public to educate them on the movement's goals and rationale
3. Art Response: Support and participate in the creation and dissemination of art that conveys the movement's message and aims to influence public opinion and policymakers.
For more details please visit our Code of Conduct Page
¶ Donate, Shop, Contact Us
Form to join or learn more: https://tally.so/r/nrvgdM
Merch shop: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mayday-movement/
Art submissions send to us directly at: mayday.art.response@proton.me
Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3LB99RTUH7PW8
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